Amend: The Fight for America
★ 7.1 · 2021 · Documentary · News · War & Politics
Will Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.
Episodes
1. Citizen56m · After escaping slavery, Frederick Douglass becomes a pivotal voice calling for citizenship for Black Americans, a dream realized in the 14th Amendment.
2. Resistance57m · After ratification, violent atrocities, court rulings and the Lost Cause ideology systematically subvert the 14th Amendment's promises of equality.
3. Wait58m · As the civil rights movement gains momentum in the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. orchestrates protests that goad President John F. Kennedy into action.
4. Control62m · In the 1970s, women appeal to evolving interpretations of the 14th Amendment in their fight to achieve equality and control their own destinies.
5. Love57m · After decades of setbacks, the struggle for same-sex marriage equality culminates in an Ohio couple's case taken up by the Supreme Court in 2015.
6. Promise60m · Immigrants have long put their hope in America, but intolerant policies, racism and shocking violence have frequently trampled their dreams.More Like This
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